Hanford employs about 11,000 people, but not all work on the 580-square-mile site. The center of the site was used to produce plutonium from World War II through the Cold War.

For the first time, Hanford radioactive tank waste has been sent off site for treatment and disposal. Whether it could lead to a potentially faster and less-expensive way of handling some of ...

President Clinton created the 195,000-acre Hanford Reach National Monument in June 2000 by proclamation. It is the first national monument managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Miss America 2023 Grace Stanke visits the Hanford nuclear reservation site in ... She walked into the reactor building and ... Miss America 2023, in blue (right) at the Hanford tank farms ...

RICHLAND, Wash. - Personnel at the Hanford nuclear site in eastern Washington were allowed to return to work Tuesday afternoon after reports of shots fired. An investigation continues at the 2750E ...

Donna Busche raised concerns about design and safety at Hanford Site was created in 1940s to help build the atomic bomb Cleanup costs are billions a year SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Whistle-blower ...